Improvement in hoiiding-devices for lamp-chimneys



,1. F. HECHTLE. Lamp Chimney Holder.

No. 98,060. Patented Dec. 2i, 1869.

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JOHN F. nncnr n, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 98,060,

dated December 21 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J omv F. HECHTLE, of Waterbury, in the county of N ew-Haven, and State of Gonuecticut, have invented a new and useful Holding- .Device for Lamp-Chimneys; and I do hereby. declare that: the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a side view of a burner with my improved holding-device attached.

Figure 2 is a top or plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a side view of a portion of the band, showing in dotted lines the pinion by which it is 0perated, or the two ends drawn together.

Figure 4 is a section, taken through line at 2:, showing the position of the pinion and the method of bolding andoperating the same.

Figures 5 and 6 area side view and section of the same portion of the band, showing the arrangement of a clock-spring npou thesh'aft of the pinion to give. it the proper tension.

Sirnila'r letters of reference, where they occur in the separate figures, indicate like parts.

My invention relates to an improved device for holding a lamp-chimney in its place upon the burner, and prevent it from being accidentally detached therefrom when the lamp is being carried-about.

My invention consists in a band of metal, passed around the lower portion of the chimney, and held at its proper height thereon by standards placed upon the burner.

One end of this hand is provided with a small gear or pinion, and the other end with a rack, corresponding, and by turning the pinion the band may be adjnsted'abont'the chimney, as close as is necessary, to firmly hold the same. It will also allow for any vari-'- ation in the size of the chimney.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvement, I will proceed to describe the construction and operation of the same, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A represents the. burner of the lamp, which is of anyconvenient foim or style.

B B B are standards, attached to the base of the burner, and extend upward upon the chimney, for a given distance, sufli'cient to securely hold the said chimney.

A short distance below the upper extremity of these standards, and passing freely through an aperture formed in them, a band, 0', is placed, which extends around the chimney.

rounded, to form a finger or spring, as shown in figs. g

1 and 2, which alone touches the chimney.

I thus avoid the danger of breaking, which there might be if the whole band came in contact with it.

Upon the end of the band 0 a pinion, D, is held in any convenient way, and'is brought in contact with a rack corresponding to it, and placed upon the other end ofthe band The pinion D is operated through the shaft a by the wheel E.

A sleeve, b, may be placed over the shaft a, between the wheel E and the band, and the whole riveted tightly to the band, as shown in fig. 4, in order to give snfiicient friction to prevent the band from easily-becoming loosened.

This can also be accomplished by means of a coil of clock-sp1ing,'adjusted and arranged to be wound up u when theband is loosened.

A socket or holder, (1, may be placed upon the band- Ofor the reception of a reflector.

My invention is operated as fbllows:

The band 0 is loosened sufficiently, by turning the. pinion backward,to allow for the reception of the chimney. After it has been placed in position, the pinion is turned forward, drawing the two ends of the band together, and pressing the extremities of the standards B B B against thechimney, in which position they are held by the sleeve 1) upon the shaft a, as shown in figs. 3 and 4, or by the spring F, as shown in figs. 5 and 6.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, is-

1. The band C, connected to the burner by means of spring standards B, and operated upon the chimney, substantially in the manner as described. 2. In combinationwith the band C,- the operatingdevice, consisting ofthc racks and pinion D, operated by means of the wheel E, and held in position either by the friction-sleeve b or the spring F, when the same is applied to a lamp-burner, in the manner and for the purpose as herein described.

This specification, signed and witnessed. this 12th.

JOHN F. HEOHTLE.

.day of November, 1869.

Witnesses:

Geo. W. SMITH, Faun: Panscorr. 

